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rice

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: bulgur

Quinoa offers more protein, while bulgur is often less expensive.

spinach

🥗Healthier: kale

💰Cheaper: frozen spinach

Kale is nutrient-rich, and frozen spinach is budget-friendly.

Boil a pot of water and add 250 ml cup of soaked whole grain basmati rice with a little salt.

Once cooked, strain the rice and keep it aside.

Wash and roughly chop 1 large bunch of fresh palak leaves.

In a mixer jar, add the palak leaves, 4 cloves of garlic, 1 piece of chopped ginger, and 2 green chillies; add a little water and grind to a fine paste.

In a kadai, heat 1 tablespoon of oil and 1 tablespoon of ghee.

Add 1 piece of cinnamon, a few cloves, 1 bay leaf, and 1/2 teaspoon of cumin seeds to the kadai.

Add 2 medium sized thinly sliced onions and sauté for about a minute.

After about 5 minutes of sautéing the onions, add 2 slit green chillies, 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon of kashmiri red chilli powder, and 1 teaspoon of salt; mix well.

Cook the spinach paste until the raw smell goes and it thickens, about 10-15 minutes.

Add 1/2 teaspoon of garam masala powder to the mixture.

Gradually mix in the cooked basmati rice with the spinach masala carefully to avoid breaking the rice.

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